diff --git a/package/system/ubox/files/log.init b/package/system/ubox/files/log.init
index c4802d4199242c7931ebfa79c51d41f563062b9d..6587cf6b0606e2cf567b88f00cb3844dd18d335f 100644
--- a/package/system/ubox/files/log.init
+++ b/package/system/ubox/files/log.init
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ PIDCOUNT=0
 USE_PROCD=1
 PROG=/sbin/logread
 
+extra_command "start_file" "Start writing to log file"
+
 validate_log_section()
 {
 	uci_load_validate system system "$1" "$2" \
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ start_service_daemon()
 {
 	[ $log_buffer_size -eq 0 -a $log_size -gt 0 ] && log_buffer_size=$log_size
 	[ $log_buffer_size -eq 0 ] && log_buffer_size=64
-	procd_open_instance
+	procd_open_instance logd
 	procd_set_param command "/sbin/logd"
 	procd_append_param command -S "${log_buffer_size}"
 	procd_set_param respawn 5 1 -1
@@ -52,9 +54,12 @@ start_service_file()
 	}
 	[ -z "${log_file}" ] && return
 
+	[ "$_BOOT" = "1" ] &&
+		[ "$(procd_get_mountpoints "${log_file}")" ] && return 0
+
 	mkdir -p "$(dirname "${log_file}")"
 
-	procd_open_instance
+	procd_open_instance logfile
 	procd_set_param command "$PROG" -f -F "$log_file" -p "$pid_file"
 	[ -n "${log_size}" ] && procd_append_param command -S "$log_size"
 	procd_close_instance
@@ -73,7 +78,7 @@ start_service_remote()
 	[ -z "${log_ip}" ] && return
 	[ -z "${log_hostname}" ] && log_hostname=$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/hostname)
 
-	procd_open_instance
+	procd_open_instance logremote
 	procd_set_param command "$PROG" -f -h "$log_hostname" -r "$log_ip" "${log_port}" -p "$pid_file"
 	case "${log_proto}" in
 		"udp") procd_append_param command -u;;
@@ -83,10 +88,17 @@ start_service_remote()
 	procd_close_instance
 }
 
+register_mount_trigger()
+{
+	[ -n "${log_file}" ] && procd_add_action_mount_trigger start_file "${log_file}"
+}
+
 service_triggers()
 {
+	config_load system
 	procd_add_reload_trigger "system"
 	procd_add_validation validate_log_section
+	config_foreach validate_log_section system register_mount_trigger
 }
 
 start_service()
@@ -96,3 +108,13 @@ start_service()
 	config_foreach validate_log_section system start_service_file
 	config_foreach validate_log_section system start_service_remote
 }
+
+start_file()
+{
+	config_load system
+	config_foreach validate_log_section system start_service_file
+}
+
+boot() {
+	_BOOT=1 start
+}